Combined stripper and pressure-release.



R. P. vvmemv =COMBINED STRlPPER AND PRESSURE RELEASE.

APPHCATIQN FILED DEC. 2, 9H5- Patenteii Apr, 24,1917.

REA 2. WRIGHT,

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, REA P. WRien'nia citizen of the United States, residing "at ashing-ton, in the District of Columbia,

have invented certain new and useful Impivots by the upward movement of one of Y be readily the pressure rolls, the pressure screw carrying member will be released in order to allow the pressure rolls to move vertically.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device which is exceedingly simple and cheap inconstruction and one which can attached to the ordinary construction of wringer now in use.

Another object of my invention is to pro vide novel means foradjusting the same in respect to the pressure roll.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in sec tion, of a clothes wringer showing the application of my improved construction of pressure release and stripper thereto.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view per and release detached, and

Fig. 4, is a detail perspective view of a slightly modified form of a stripper showing the same in the form of a trough for conveying any water thrown from the roller to one side of the Wringer.

of the strip- Specification of Letters Patent.

.1, a plat wring-er. aperturcd bosses 16 forming bearings for Parana @FFIQEL OF WASHINGTON, DISTRIt'J'I' OE COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR T0 JOHN FRANCIS HEMENWAY, OF N rfw YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED STRIPP ER AND PRESSURE-RELEASE.

Patented Apr. 24, 191?.

Application filed December 2, 1916. Serial No. 134,640.

Like numerals of reference refer to like parts in the several figures of the drawing In carrying out my invention I employ a frame 1 having the usual slotted side bars 2, in which are mounted superposed pres sure roll carrying shafts 3 and 4 arranged irrbearings and provided with rubber pressure rolls and 6. The upper bearings for the pressure roll carrying shaft 4 are provided with spring supports 7, on which are mounted coiled pressure springs 8 engaged by bearing plates 9 carried by pressure bar 9."as shown in Fig. 1.

Moy'ably mounted within bars 2 of the wringer frame having threaded boxes 11 at its ends, carrying pressure screws 12 adapted to engage the the slotted side 15 a top bar 10' exerting the proper pressure springs. The above construction of wringer is similar to. that class of wringer now in general use; with the exception that the movablv mounted top bar is employed.

In applying my improved construction of stripper and release to a wringer herein shown and described, I secure to the inner face ofeach of the sidebars 2 of the frame e13 which is provided with slots 14: through which screws 15 extend for securing the plate to the side bars in such a manner that they can be adjusted vertically in respect to the pressure rolls of the The plates are provided with trunnious 17 formed on the end of a stripper board 18 which is provided with a beveled lower edge 19 adapted to be held adjacent the upper pressure roll 6 as shown in Fig. 2. Secured centrally to the stripper board 18 is a retaining member 20 which is provided with a slot 21 through which extends a bolt 29 carrying a thumb nut 23 for adjusting the retaining member 20 on the stripper board 18. The retaining member 20 is provi'icd with an offset portion 2t terminating at its upper end in a hook 25 adapted to extend into an eye 26 carried by the movably mounted top bar 10 for retaining on the pressure the top V bar in predetermined position within the \vringer frame. In this construction when per board 18 is rocked on its pivots so as Ill) to move the hook out of the eye 26 of the top bar 10, which releases the top bar and allows the same to move vertically within the slotted side bars in order to release the pressure on the pressure rolls. In the normal position of the device as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. the beveled lower edge 19 of the stripper board is held adjacent the upper pressure roll (3 so as to prevent the clothes from winding around the roll.

in the modification shown in Fig. 4, I provide a stripper board 27 in the form of a trough at its lower edge in order to provide a gutter for carrying any water thrown from. the roller to one side of the machine, the stripper being provided with the usual trunnions for pivotally mountin the same on the frame of the wringer, as by providing the gutter with an inclined bottom, the liquid thrown from the pressure roll will be conveyed to one side of the wringer. In this form, it is of course understood, that a retaining member is carried by the stripper for holding the pressure screw carrying member in position within the wringer frame.

I claim:

1. A clothes wringer comprising a frame having pressure rolls and pressure means for said rolls mount-ed therein, a top bar movably mounted in said frame, a stripper rneu'lber pivotally mounted in said frame above the upper pressure roll, and a retaining member carried by said stripper member for holding said top bar in predetermined position within said frame, said retaining inember'being moved out of engagement with said top bar on.the separation of said rolls for releasing said pressure means.

2. A clothes \vringer com 'n-ising a Frame having pressure rolls and pressure means for said rolls mounted therein. a top bar movably mounted in said frame having means for adjusting said pressure means, a stripper member pivotally mounted in said frame above the upper pressure roll. an eye carried by said top bar. and a retaining member adjustably mounted upon said stripper member having a hook engaging said eye.

A clothes \vringer comprising a frame having pressure rolls and pressure means for said rolls mounted therein. a top bar movably mounted in said frame having pressure srrews for adjusting said pressure means. a pivotally mounted'stripper member adjustably mounted in said. frame above the upper pressure roll. and a retaining member adjustably mounted on said stripper member reacta retaining membercarried by said stripper member, having a hook extending into said eye for normally holding said top bar in predetermined position within said frame.

A clothes wringer comprising a frame having pressure rolls and pressure means for said rolls mounted therein, a top bar movably mounted in said frame having prcs-- sure screws for adjusting said pressure means, an eye carried by said top bar. a pivotallv mounted stripper member mounted in said frame above the upper pressure roll, and a retaining member adjustabl vcarried I) said stripper member having a hook portion extending into said eve for holding said top bar in predetermined position within said frame.

6. A clothes wringer comprising a frame having pressure rolls and pressure means for said rolls mounted therein. a top bar movably mounted in said frame having pressure screws for adjusting said pressure means, a stripper member pivotally mounted in said frame. a retaining member carried by said stripper member For holding said top bar in predetermined position within said frame. said retaining na-mber being moved out of engagement with said top bar on the separation of said rolls for releasing said pressure means. v

T. A clothes. wringrr comprising a frame having pressure rolls and pressure means for said rolls mounted therein. a top bar movably mounted ilrsaid frame having pressure screws For adjusting said pressure means. plates adjustably mounted on the side bars of said frame having l'iearings. a stripper member having trunnions pivotally mounted in said bearings. said stripper member having its lower edge arranged adja- *nt the upper pressure roll. an eye carried by the top bar, and a retaining member adjustably mounted on said slripper memb r having a hook extending into said eye for holding said top bar in prwletern'lilled position within said frame. said hook being moved out of engagement with said eve on the separation of said pressure rolls.

8. A clothes \vriuger comprising a fmme having pressure rolls and pressure means for said rolls mounted therein. a movably mounted pressure screw carrying member mounted in said frame, a premure screw carried by said member for adjusting said pressure means, a' stripper member pivotaliy mounted in said frame above one of said pressure rolls, and a. retaining member carried by said stripper member for normally holding said movably mounted pressure screw carrying member in predetermmed position within said frame.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of a witness.

REA P. WRIGHT. \Vitness:

N. CURTIS LAMMOND. 

